Feeling Good Podcast | TEAM-CBT - The New Mood Therapy · David Burns, MD

Ask David: Chasing, Sadness as Celebration, and Autism

July 14, 2025·1 hr 8 min·5 clips
David Burns reveals why chasing someone in dating forces them to reject you, based on a simple psychological rule.
In this Ask David episode, Dr. David Burns and hosts discuss dating dynamics, including the 'chasing' phenomenon and tools like the 20 qualities list. They explore grief and sadness as healthy emotions, using infertility as a case study, and critique trends in autism diagnosis and the field of psychiatry.

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A direct look at early dating, attraction, and the work behind earning a deeper bond.

This Ask David episode stays close to the early relationship phase, where David Burns treats connection as something people work at first rather than something fully settled.

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Dating math, with a CBT twist.

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